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After signing four-year multimedia deals with Sky Sports and Eurosport in recent weeks, Major League Soccer "is eyeing additional deals around the globe, including in Latin and South America, Africa, and Asia," according to Ian Thomas of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. MLS Business Ventures President/Managi...

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The British horse racing industry is aiming to treble int'l investment in the sport with "plans to attract tens of millions of pounds worth of overseas funding per year," according to Olivia Goldhill of the London TELEGRAPH. British Horseracing Authority Chair Steve Harman said that "British horse r ...

Spanish football club Osasuna, which has been relegated to the Spanish second division for next season, has debt "that has increased to the point that the situation has become unsustainable, with bankruptcy a possibility," according to Esparza & Ciordia of DIARIO DE NAVARRA.The club owes a total ...

The Valencian Supreme Court has ordered that the Valencian City Council pay La Liga side Valencia lender Bankia €4.2M ($5.7M), according to the EFE. The court "estimated that this was the quantity owed to Bankia and that the payment should have been completed" in August. The Valencian City Coun ...

If "getting back into the Champions League was hard enough for Liverpool," staying there will be "even tougher," according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Pressure to stay there is "acutely felt" by Liverpool CCO Billy Hogan. The new constraints of UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules on clubs' f ...

Two businessmen "are attempting to buy" League Championship club Reading for just £1 ($1.70), according to the READING CHRONICLE. Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi and India's Mohit Burman "are both attempting to take control of the club, ending the on-going takeover saga." Reading Chair John Mad ...

Market observers said that "the second and third quarters of this year will see strong beer sales in China and that sales performance is expected to be boosted further with the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup," according to the WANT CHINA TIMES. Products related to the World Cup "will see buoyant ...

Premier League clubs are "fighting to change the way parachute payments for relegation are paid -- so they would be entitled" to £60M ($101M) over just two years, according to Joe Bernstein of the London DAILY MAIL. The 20 top-flight clubs agreed to a "new parachute deal -- viewed as insurance ...

Atlético Madrid -- which lost in the final of the Champions League on Saturday -- has earned €32.9M ($45M) for its Champions League results, "but the club could receive more from the 'market-pool,'" which will include money from TV rights, among other factors, according to Alberto R. Bar ...

DIS, the company which owned 40% of Barcelona striker Neymar's rights before he transferred from Santos last summer, "will take immediate legal action against Santos, Barcelona and Neymar to try to make him pay what DIS considers the appropriate percentage of the transfer fee," according to Sergi Fo ...

League Championship side Derby County can look forward to a £120M ($202M) windfall if it beats Queens Park Rangers "in the Championship playoff at Wembley on Saturday and return to the Premier League," according to Martyn Herman of REUTERS.
That is the "staggering prize up for grabs for former ...